David Lynch
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
seared scallops, roasted duck breast, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano
✨ Technical Specifications
In 2012, Dom Pérignon embarked on a historic artistic collaboration with the visionary American filmmaker David Lynch, who designed a dark, theatrical limited-edition shield and box for the iconic Champagne. This release, housing the legendary 2003 vintage, represents a meeting of two avant-garde worlds. The 2003 growing season in Champagne was one of extreme weather, marked by a severe spring frost followed by an unprecedented summer heatwave, resulting in one of the earliest harvests in history. Rather than declaring no vintage, Chef de Cave Richard Geoffroy embraced the challenge, crafting a singular, voluptuous masterpiece. The wine is a precise, harmonious blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, sourced from Grand Cru vineyards and the historic Abbey of Hautvillers. It underwent nearly a decade of yeast autolysis in the chalky cellars of Épernay, emerging with a dark, brooding complexity, intense minerality, and a rich, velvety texture that perfectly mirrors Lynch's cinematic aesthetic.
🍾 About the Producer
Dom Pérignon traces its lineage to the pioneering viticultural innovations of 17th-century Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon at the historic Abbey of Hautvillers, though the house was officially launched as Champagne's first prestige cuvée in 1921 (released in 1936) by Moët & Chandon (LVMH). Rooted across premier crus and historic grand crus in the Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne, and Côte des Blancs, the estate's vines flourish in pure Belemnite and Micraster chalk terroirs that impart profound minerality and tension. Guided by Chef de Cave Vincent Chaperon, Dom Pérignon operates exclusively as a vintage wine, crafted only in years capable of exceptional aging. Blending roughly equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, the house emphasizes reductive precision, reductive lees aging, and textural interplay without oak intervention. Alongside its flagship Vintage Brut and Rosé, the benchmark Plénitude releases (P2 and P3) reveal metamorphic secondary and tertiary complexity, exemplifying the pinnacle of Champagne's structural grandeur and longevity.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.5%